¹Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

¹ስለዚህ፥ አንተ የምትፈርድ ሰው ሁሉ ሆይ፥ የምታመካኘው የለህም፤ በሌላው በምትፈርድበት ነገር ራስህን ትኰንናለህና፤ አንተው ፈራጁ እነዚያን ታደርጋለህና።

²We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.

²እንደዚህም በሚያደርጉት ላይ የእግዚአብሔር ፍርድ እውነተኛ እንደ ሆነ እናውቃለን።

³Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?

³አንተም እንደዚህ በሚያደርጉ የምትፈርድ ያንም የምታደርግ ሰው ሆይ፥ አንተ ከእግዚአብሔር ፍርድ የምታመልጥ ይመስልሃልን?

⁴Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

⁴ወይስ የእግዚአብሔር ቸርነት ወደ ንስሐ እንዲመራህ ሳታውቅ የቸርነቱንና የመቻሉን የትዕግሥቱንም ባለጠግነት ትንቃለህን?

⁵But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;

⁵ነገር ግን እንደ ጥንካሬህና ንስሐ እንደማይገባ ልብህ የእግዚአብሔር ቅን ፍርድ በሚገለጥበት በቍጣ ቀን ቍጣን በራስህ ላይ ታከማቻለህ።

⁶who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:” Psalm 62:12; Proverbs 24:12

⁶እርሱ ለእያንዳንዱ እንደ ሥራው ያስረክበዋል፤

⁷to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

⁷በበጎ ሥራ በመጽናት ምስጋናንና ክብርን የማይጠፋንም ሕይወት ለሚፈልጉ የዘላለምን ሕይወት ይሰጣቸዋል፤

⁸but to those who are self-seeking, and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,

⁸ለዓመፃ በሚታዘዙ እንጂ ለእውነት በማይታዘዙትና በአድመኞች ላይ ግን ቍጣና መቅሠፍት ይሆንባቸዋል።

⁹oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

⁹ክፉውን በሚያደርግ ሰው ነፍስ ሁሉ መከራና ጭንቀት ይሆንበታል፥ አስቀድሞ በአይሁዳዊ ደግሞም በግሪክ ሰው፤

¹⁰But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

¹⁰ነገር ግን በጎ ሥራ ለሚያደርጉ ሁሉ ምስጋናና ክብር ሰላምም ይሆንላቸዋል፥ አስቀድሞ ለአይሁዳዊ ደግሞም ለግሪክ ሰው።

¹¹For there is no partiality with God.

¹¹እግዚአብሔር ለሰው ፊት አያዳላምና።

¹²For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

¹²ያለ ሕግ ኃጢአት ያደረጉ ሁሉ ያለ ሕግ ደግሞ ይጠፋሉና፤ ሕግም ሳላቸው ኃጢአት ያደረጉ ሁሉ በሕግ ይፈረድባቸዋል፤

¹³For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

¹³በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ሕግን የሚያደርጉት ይጸድቃሉ እንጂ ሕግን የሚሰሙ ጻድቃን አይደሉምና።

¹⁴(for when Gentiles who don’t have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves,

¹⁴ሕግ የሌላቸው አሕዛብ ከባሕርያቸው የሕግን ትእዛዝ ሲያደርጉ፥ እነዚያ ሕግ ባይኖራቸው እንኳ ለራሳቸው ሕግ ናቸውና፤

¹⁵in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)

¹⁵እነርሱም ሕሊናቸው ሲመሰክርላቸው፥ አሳባቸውም እርስ በርሳቸው ሲካሰስ ወይም ሲያመካኝ በልባቸው የተጻፈውን የሕግ ሥራ ያሳያሉ።

¹⁶in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

¹⁶ይህም እግዚአብሔር በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እኔ በወንጌል እንዳስተማርሁ በሰው ዘንድ የተሰወረውን በሚፈርድበት ቀን ይሆናል።

¹⁷Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory in God,

¹⁷አንተ ግን አይሁዳዊ ብትባል በሕግም ብትደገፍ በእግዚአብሔርም ብትመካ፥

¹⁸and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

¹⁸ፈቃዱንም ብታውቅ ከሕግም ተምረህ የሚሻለውን ፈትነህ ብትወድ፤

¹⁹and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

¹⁹በሕግም የእውቀትና የእውነት መልክ ስላለህ፥ የዕውሮች መሪ፥ በጨለማም ላሉ ብርሃን፥ የሰነፎችም አስተማሪ፥ የሕፃናትም መምህር እንደ ሆንህ በራስህ ብትታመን፤

²⁰a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babies, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth.

²¹እንግዲህ አንተ ሌላውን የምታስተምር ራስህን አታስተምርምን? አትስረቅ ብለህ የምትሰብክ ትሰርቃለህን?

²¹You therefore who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn’t steal, do you steal?

²²አታመንዝር የምትል ታመነዝራለህን? ጣዖትን የምትጸየፍ ቤተ መቅደስን ትዘርፋለህን?

²²You who say a man shouldn’t commit adultery. Do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

²³በሕግ የምትመካ ሕግን በመተላለፍ እግዚአብሔርን ታሳፍራለህን?

²³You who glory in the law, through your disobedience of the law do you dishonor God?

²⁴በእናንተ ሰበብ የእግዚአብሔር ስም በአሕዛብ መካከል ይሰደባልና ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ።

²⁴For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” Isaiah 52:5; Ezekiel 36:22 just as it is written.

²⁵ሕግን ብታደርግ መገረዝስ ይጠቅማል፤ ሕግን ተላላፊ ብትሆን ግን መገረዝህ አለ መገረዝ ሆኖአል።

²⁵For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

²⁶እንግዲህ ያልተገረዘ ሰው የሕግን ሥርዓት ቢጠብቅ አለመገረዙ እንደ መገረዝ ሆኖ አይቈጠርለትምን?

²⁶If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won’t his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?

²⁷ከፍጥረቱም ያልተገረዘ ሕግን የሚፈጽም ሰው የሕግ መጽሐፍና መገረዝ ሳለህ ሕግን በምትተላለፈው በአንተ ይፈርድብሃል።

²⁷Won’t the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?

²⁸በግልጥ አይሁዳዊ የሆነ አይሁዳዊ አይደለምና፥ በግልጥ በሥጋ የሚደረግ መገረዝም መገረዝ አይደለምና፤

²⁸For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;

²⁹ዳሩ ግን በስውር አይሁዳዊ የሆነ አይሁዳዊ ነው፥ መገረዝም በመንፈስ የሚደረግ የልብ መገረዝ ነው እንጂ በመጽሐፍ አይደለም፤ የእርሱ ምስጋና ከእግዚአብሔር ነው እንጂ ከሰው አይደለም።

²⁹but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.